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| ROCK ART IN AFRICA: World Heritage |
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Tassili
n'Ajjer (Algeria)
Date of Inscription:
1982
Criteria: (i) (iii) (vii) (viii)
Core zone: 7200000 ha
Wilayas (provinces) of Illizi and Tamanghasset
N25 30 0 E9 0 0
Brief Description
Located in a strange lunar
landscape of great geological interest, this site
has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric
cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings
and engravings record the climatic changes, the
animal migrations and the evolution of human life
on the edge of the Sahara from 6000 BC to the
first centuries of the present era. The geological
formations are of outstanding scenic interest,
with eroded sandstones forming 'forests of rock'.
>> Download
the Advisory Board
evaluation (452kb)
Information
courtesy of UNESCO
WHC
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